One site went from several users contributing on various levels
to just myself inputting for everyone. When we had several
people sharing the same files on a server, the added slowness
and tedium of the check-out/in system was important.
Now that I'm the only one responsible for the pages, it
it is less worthwhile to have to check files out just to
work with them. So, if you tell Dreamweaver 8 you no longer
want to use Contribute, you get an erroneous dialog box
every time you put a file: "So-and-so is using this file. Are you sure
you want to put this file now?" Except you are So-and-so, and
you're the one using the file. You have to click 'OK' every time.
It's pretty annoying, eh?

Follow these procedures to remove the previous blessings
of contribute from your apache/linux server in bash from ssh.
Please only do this if you know what you're doing. You could
conceiveably erase your whole site if you aren't careful.

// Step 1:
// go to your web root:
cd /path/to/my/web/root/ //your home page will reside here.
pwd // to check that you're in the right folder.

//Step 2:
rm -rf */*.LCK // This removes all the .LCK files recursively at web
root.

// Step 3:
rm -rf */_mm/* // This removes your _mm Contribute folder
//and everything in it regardless of content.

//Step 4:**
rm -rf */_baks/* // Remove every _baks folders recursively regardless
of content.

//Step 5:**
rm -rf */_notes/* // Similarly with notes folders.

These steps should remove all traces of contribute-style activity
on your linux apache server.

Now remove all the same folders and files
on your windows computer the windows way.

** You may or may not want to remove the _baks or _notes folders,
depending on whether you are using these capabilities independent
of the Contribute capabilities.

I hope this helps someone. If there is a better,
more elegant way of removing Contribute
compatibility on an external server, please let me know.

Best regards,

C.